From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It also make me >wonder how do we get the word out to the masses that there is a lot of good >to great real country music out there that they just don't know about? Is >this at all possible? Didn't a couple of major country related magazines >close up within the past year because of lack of support? >I think that country radio is a lost cause and Americana is having problems >of it's own. (In case some of you don't know, the Americana editor at the >Gavin Report quit a couple of weeks back and has been replaced this week, >with someone with a lot of question marks next to her name.) >Radio may not even be the answer. But I'd like to know what is. What's it >gonna take to wake EVERYBODY up? It's an evolutionary process that recycles every 15 years or so and in the forthcoming cycle, alternative means of delivery will lead the way and you can bet at some point the mainstream press will pick up on the quiet revolution happening on the net and coming via digital radio and other forms of delivery. They love "the next big thing" in the press and will jump all over not only the delivery systems but the successful content providers. Just yesterday I had requests from 3 newspapers all wanting more contact information for a feature story on TwangCast, and we haven't even launched our official P/R campaign. I've also had hundreds of e mails in the last 4 weeks, from 14 countries, praising the concept of delivering music so many folks are missing due to country radio's current state or the lack of country programs in some countries. It's quite exhilarating to think that even this small response is putting a smile on a few faces. While may sound like a good thing to most of us, here, I find it kind of >distressing. Is the music that's being called country today, any better >than it was 4 or 5 years ago, when everything was rosy? To me, most of what's played on radio is much worse, while so much great music is being made that isn't getting airplay. So the answer is 1. no and 2 yes Mike, Twangin NOW ONLINE, www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry netcast 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
